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قراءة كتاب Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—Captain Cuttle.
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No. 214. |
Saturday, December 3. 1853. |
Price Fourpence. |
CONTENTS.
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Peter Brett |
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Richard's "Guide through France," by Weld Taylor |
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Women and Tortoises |
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Weather Rules, by W. Winthrop |
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Occasional Forms of Prayer, by Rev. Thomas Lathbury |
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Minor Notes:—Chair Moving—Epitaph on Politian in the Church of the Annunciation at Florence—Epitaph in Torrington Churchyard, Devon—The early Delights of Philadelphia—Misapplication of Terms—"Plantin" Bibles in 1600—Ancient Gold Collar found in Staffordshire |
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Queries:— |
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Pictures in Hampton Court Palace |
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Minor Queries:—Helmets—The Nursrow—City Bellmen—Pope's Elegy on An Unfortunate Lady—"Too wise to err, too good to be unkind"—Passage in the "Christian Year"—David's Mother—Emblems—"Kaminagadeyathooroosoomokanoogonagira"—"Quid facies," &c.—Will of Peter the Great—H. Neele, Editor of Shakspeare—MS. by Rubens on Painting—Peter Allan—Haschisch or Indian Hemp—Crieff Compensation—Admission to Lincoln's Inn, the Temple, and Gray's Inn—Orders for the Household of Lord Montagu |
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Minor Queries with Answers:—Cateaton Street—Portrait of Lee, Inventor of the Stocking-Frame—Cocker's Arithmetic—Lyke Porch or Litch Porch—Henry Burton—British Mathematicians—"Les Lettres Juives" |
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Attainment of Majority |
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Lord Halifax and Mrs. Catherine Barton |
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Milton's Widow, by T. Hughes |
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Anticipatory Use of the Cross, by J. W. Thomas and Eden Warwick |
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Decorative Pavement Tiles from Caen, by Albert Way and Gilbert J. French |
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Mottos of the Emperors of Germany |
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Photographic Correspondence:—Simplicity of Calotype Process—Albumized Paper—New Developing Mixture—Queries on the Albumenized Process |
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Replies to Minor Queries:—Poems in connexion with Waterloo—Richard Oswald—Grammont's Marriage—Life—Muscipula—Berefellarii—Harmony of the Four Gospels—Picts' Houses and Argils—Boswell's "Johnson"—Pronunciation of "Humble"—Continuation of Robertson—Nostradamus—Quantity of Words—"Man proposes, but God disposes"—Polarised Light |
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Miscellaneous:— |
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Notes on Books, &c. |
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Books and Odd Volumes wanted |
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Notices to Correspondents |
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Advertisements |
Notes.
PETER BRETT.
Your correspondent T. K. seems to think that Scotchmen, and Scotch subjects, have an undue prominence in "N. &